Happy ???? New Year !!!

Today , I was watching a news channel where every stupid celebrity was discussing his/her plans for the day. Some were boasting of the various parties they need to cover while others were glibly blabbering about their shopping plans.
“ Kamala, tumahara kya plan hai ? “ I jocularly asked my maid who was stealing furtive glances at the T.V. while mopping up the floor.
“ Bhaiya kis cheez ka ? “ she questioned.
“Naye saal ka “ I clarified.
“Hamare liye kya naya saal bhaiya “ , she replied back,. Her eyes were full of askance.

I was stunned, was left insensate for some time. The way her eyes, smeared with desperation and despondence, looked straight at me; I was left dumbstruck.
It wasn’t that her answer was unexpected, the thing is I never cared for it. And the truth is we all don’t.

On the night of the New Year eve,when the whole world is revelling, this section is somewhere lying supine on floor, snivelling and stifling their sobs behind a torn cloth. Our contrived merry-making crowds this section out. Although inadvertently, we make them feel more miserable.

It really amazes me that despite of living in a country where 22.4% of the people live below poverty line , we are least concerned. Don’t you feel a need to do something for your fellow countrymen who are not fortunate enough like you are.
No ,Please neither am I a proponent of Communism nor am I trying to be a philanthropist.

But friends can’t each of us give happiness to at least one for a single moment. Today when I gave her Rs. 50 telling her to buy some sweets for her children,her joy knew no bounds. That expression on her face can’t be expressed in words. It can only be felt. Although it was just a modest amount and was just a fraction of what one spends on a new year bash , but look what it did. It reduced her to tears.
And believe me the satisfaction and the feeling of fulfilment you derive out of it is much more than what you get out of a mindless revelry.

As the saying goes " You can have everything what you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want "